Density Tower Experiment Worksheet
What you do (Heaviest for its size sinks): 1. Pour honey slowly into the glass to fill about a quarter. 2. Pour coloured water gently down the side of the glass. 3. Pour the cooking oil gently on top and watch the layers settle. 4. Gently drop in a cork and a coin, see where each stops, and wipe up oil spills.
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- 1.True or false: a tall clear glass is needed for the density tower. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking oil (b) honey (c) a cork (d) air
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) cooking oil (c) honey (d) very salty water
- 4.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: the same glass is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 5.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: the order of pouring is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) very salty water (c) a cork (d) honey
- 7.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the density tower? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 8.🔍 What do you see after pouring honey, water and oil into one glass? (a) three separate layers (b) one mixed colour (c) the glass gets hot (d) bubbles of gas
- 9.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) turmeric powder (b) a balloon (c) yeast (d) a spoon
- 10.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the density tower? (a) water with food colour (b) a mirror (c) honey (d) a spoon
- 11.🍯 Which of these is denser than water? (a) a pebble (b) a ping-pong ball (c) an ice cube (d) air
- 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a tall clear glass (c) a spoon (d) cooking oil
- 13.🧺 Do we need cooking oil for the density tower? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 14.True or false: honey is less dense than water. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) a mirror (b) turmeric powder (c) cooking oil (d) a magnet
- 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) water with food colour (c) a battery cell (d) cooking oil
- 17.🍯 Why does honey sink to the bottom of the glass? (a) it is the coldest (b) it is yellow (c) it is the densest (d) it is the stickiest
- 18.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? What do we do with “the same glass”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? Which of these is what we measure? (a) how much of each liquid (b) the order of the layers (c) the same glass (d) the order of pouring
- 20.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) a mirror (b) honey (c) yeast (d) a magnet
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the order of pouring (b) the order of the layers (c) the same three liquids
- 22.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) a coin (b) a glass marble (c) a ping-pong ball (d) very salty water
- 23.True or false: very salty water is less dense than water. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: honey is needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🔍 Which layer is on top in the honey-water-oil tower? (a) honey (b) the spoon (c) coloured water (d) cooking oil
- 26.🍯 Which of these is denser than water? (a) cooking oil (b) honey (c) air (d) an ice cube
- 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) cooking oil (c) yeast (d) a tall clear glass
- 28.🛟 Why should we wipe up spilled oil at once? (a) spilled oil is slippery (b) oil makes it rain (c) oil turns into honey (d) oil attracts magnets
- 29.🍯 Which of these is denser than water? (a) very salty water (b) an ice cube (c) cooking oil (d) a cork
- 30.🍯 Is an ice cube denser or less dense than water? (a) denser than water (b) less dense than water
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? What do we do with “the order of pouring”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 32.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: the same three liquids is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: a magnet is needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 34.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? What do we do with “the same three liquids”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 35.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the density tower? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 36.🍯 Is cooking oil denser or less dense than water? (a) denser than water (b) less dense than water
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an ice cube (b) a ping-pong ball (c) a coin (d) cooking oil
- 38.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) air (b) honey (c) a coin (d) a pebble
- 39.🛟 Which rule keeps the density tower experiment safe? (a) taste each layer (b) throw the glass (c) pour it on the floor (d) do not lick the spoon
- 40.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? What do we do with “the order of the layers”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
Answer key
- True
- honey
- cooking oil
- True
- False
- a cork
- not needed
- three separate layers
- a spoon
- a mirror
- a pebble
- a balloon
- needed
- False
- cooking oil
- a battery cell
- it is the densest
- we keep it the same
- the order of the layers
- honey
- the same three liquids
- a ping-pong ball
- False
- True
- cooking oil
- honey
- yeast
- spilled oil is slippery
- very salty water
- less dense than water
- we change it
- False
- False
- we keep it the same
- not needed
- less dense than water
- a coin
- air
- do not lick the spoon
- we measure it
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